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News & Culture

The Trump Presidency Is Still an Active Crime Scene

It’s hard to consign the Trump years to the history books when we remain in the middle of the crisis that it sparked.

Stash-House Stings Carry Real Penalties for Fake Crimes

The undercover operations seem like entrapment, but their targets can receive long sentences.

The Republicans Running to Support Trump

Don Bolduc is one of many political aspirants who believe that the 2020 election was stolen.

A Recipe for Being Yourself in the Kitchen

Laurie Colwin’s style of food writing taught home cooks to trust the strength of their convictions.

Puzzles & Games

Name Drop

A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.

Crossword

A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.

Cryptic Crossword

A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.

Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.

Spotlight

Unearthing the Work of a California Photographer

The colors in many of Kali’s images seem to shimmer, as if pulsing with their own internal heartbeat.

The Romance of American Activism

“Radical Love” follows a couple who worked on behalf of the Weather Underground and others.

Paul McCartney Doesn’t Want to Stop the Show

Half a century after the Beatles broke up, he’s still correcting the record—and making new ones.

The Opera Swimmers of Brooklyn

For “Sun & Sea,”  let Brooklynites in bathing suits frolic on sand and chat with the singers.

The Great Bridge Boycott

At a recent tournament, thirty teams refused to compete when faced with the prospect of playing against an Italian player who has been accused of cheating.

A Bad Case of Scribble Brain

Thoughts on a lifetime of failing to be “normal.”

The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids

A Christian organization claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?

The Short Story in the “Bad Art Friend” Saga

A feature has prompted discourse about artistic appropriation. Is the art in question any good?

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In Focus

The Coronavirus Crisis

Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.

Racial Injustice and Policing

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.

Dept. of Returns

Stories of life after the vaccine.

The Future of Democracy

An exploration of democracy in America.

From This Week’s Issue

October 18, 2021

“Walk in the Park,” by Christoph Niemann.

Humor

Remembrances of Being at the Mall

You stood in a glass elevator next to a man with a fat mustache and a turquoise knapsack who looked at you angrily.

“Sleep When the Baby Sleeps!” and Other Parenting Advice

Cry when the baby cries; laugh when the baby laughs; trash the room when the baby trashes the room.

Trump to Skip 2024 Campaign and Just Claim He Won

He said that campaigning would be “a waste of time, quite frankly, because I have already won that election.”

Go Bags of the Stars

What Kanye West, Melania Trump, and others grab when the going gets tough.

Eight First Impressions of a Time Traveller

I’m from the future. You better change your ways, or get ready for water wars and moisture suits.

Fiction & Poetry

“Not Here You Don’t”

“Cary thought that his old man had had a pretty great American life.”

“Standing in the Atlantic”

“We were after death and before.”

Thomas McGuane on the American West

The author discusses his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

“Crescendo”

“Three o’clock, about two hours of light left, / glorious on the ornamental pear.”

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